Less than half a day after the school went to catch up with the army retreating south.

The school brought the conditions for raising control: as long as Zhang Xianzhong stopped advancing, the Cavalry Army and the Longwu Army immediately stopped pursuing.

Zhang Xianzhong and the other two were skeptical, which made the entire army highly alert and temporarily stopped moving south.

As expected, the Cavalry Army and the Longwu Army stopped moving forward ten miles away. Zhang Xianzhong ordered the entire army to set off and advance towards Xujiawan. As a result, the Cavalry Army and the Longwu Army chased after him like a fly smelling blood.

Zhang Xianzhong was unable to do so, so he had to take a try for the time being and ordered the entire army to set up camp and keep a high alert.

The Cavalry Army and the Longwu Army were stationed ten miles away, and sent a cavalry to monitor Zhang Xianzhong every day.

Zhang Xianzhong and the other two were completely messy, and they couldn't figure it out even if they wanted to break their heads: Why did the Jingzhou army, which had always been inconsistent with the court, follow the orders of the court?

Zhang Xianzhong was extremely suspicious that this was Xiong Wencan and the Jingzhou Army's plan, and he would probably send troops to Luonan to block his way across the Grape Ridge. He immediately ordered the detective cavalry to inquire about whether there were any officers and soldiers around Luonan, and especially pay attention to whether there were Jingzhou Army coming to the east of Luonan.

After searching for several days, no trace of the army was found. Zhang Xianzhong felt relieved. He took the opportunity to hand over all the people wrapped in it to Liu Wenxiu, so that he could train troops. Before Zhang Xianzhong was disappointed, Liu Wenxiu expanded his subordinates to more than 13,000 people, which was quite neat and looked like an army.

At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong stared at the Jingzhou army with one eye, strictly preventing the Jingzhou army from suddenly raising troops and surrounding them. On the other hand, he stared at Luo Rucai secretly to prevent Luo Rucai from playing tricks.

In fact, Xiong Wencan has indeed had contact with Luo Rucai. Moreover, the level of contact person sent by Xiong Wencan is much higher than that of a low-ranking small official, reaching the level of governor. Moreover, Luo Rucai felt hopeless in the future and decided to surrender first. It was just that Zhang Xianzhong's army was on the side and his strength was far greater than him. He was worried that he would surrender suddenly, and instead suffered a blow from Zhang Xianzhong and lost the foundation for his future foothold.

Luo Rucai thought about it and came up with a plan to build a camp in Xujiawan in advance, take advantage of the reputation of the queen, break off contact with Zhang Xianzhong, and then surrender easily.

Moreover, Luo Rucai had the intention of temporarily surrendering and did not think about doing things and assisting the court in extermination of Zhang Xianzhong. After all, Zhang Xianzhong's existence is conducive to enhancing his weight in the eyes of the court. Even if he rebels in the future, he would be able to talk to Zhang Xianzhong and would not become a life-and-death enemy, just like Gao Jie and Li Zicheng.

When Luo Rucai saw that the Cavalry Army and the Longwu Army stopped attacking Zhang Xianzhong, he guessed that Xiong Wencan and Zhang Xianzhong also had contact, so he stationed at Zhang Xianzhong's army with peace of mind twenty miles away, waiting for the formal start of the overall situation of pacification.

The strategy discussed by Xiong Wencan and Yang Yiren was very effective. Just using small tricks, they easily restricted Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to Lu's County, and the entire Henan fell into peace.

When Xiong Wencan's memorial and Li Shaoyi's secret letter arrived at the center one after another, it caused a stir in the court. Especially Yang Sichang, who was in the center of the vortex, became the core of all parties' calculations, guarding against and relying on him, was exhausted and exhausted every day.

Yang Sichang, a native of Wuling, Huguang, and the son of Yang He. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he governed Yongping and Shanhaiguan, rectified defense affairs and built the two wing cities of Shanhaiguan. He was famous in the court and the country for his knowledge of military affairs. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was the governor of Xuanhua, Datong, and Shanxi military affairs, but he had not yet sat firmly, so he returned to his hometown because of his sorrow. In the nineth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the Minister of War. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, and was also in charge of the Ministry of War. (Note that this place is not copied from history, history has changed.)

Whether it is his life experience or qualifications, Yang Sichang is extremely prominent. What's more important is that he is not a scholar who talks about military affairs on paper, but has rich practical military experience. So when Zhu Youjian saw him for the first time, he said, "I hate to use you late."

In fact, at this time, the chief minister of the cabinet was Liu Zongliang, and Yang Sichang could only rank third in the cabinet. However, Yang Sichang was deeply trusted by Zhu Youjian, had outstanding talents and was brave enough to take responsibility. He actually controlled the government and became a figure above ten thousand people.

Yang Sichang knew the dilemma of the Ming court, and in order to save the Ming Dynasty in distress, he had his own steps.

In his plan, the first step to solve the problem was the bandits. The bandits caused trouble in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Zhili, Nanzhili, Huguang and Sichuan for many years, causing huge damage to the production of the entire society, causing the livelihood and people to be displaced, unable to feed themselves and not to cover their clothes. If the bandits who were wandering around could not be extinguished in time, not only would the tax revenue in various places be difficult to guarantee, but the thief situation would inevitably become more and more intense and eventually become the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, for the sake of emotion and reason, Yang Sichang should put the bandits first.

In the original history, Yang Sichang proposed the "four righteousness and eight corners". Now, a Jingzhou group emerged out of thin air in history, and Yang Sichang naturally focused on Lin Chunhong. In his vision, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's troops were enough to deal with the bandits in the northwest, while the bandits in the southeast and Central Plains had to rely on Lin Chunhong.

Yang Sichang's hometown is Wuling, which is no more than two hundred miles away from Jingzhou. He was in his hometown for several years. If he didn't know Lin Chunhong's strength, he could only be considered blind. How could Zhu Youjian say "I hate you to use Qing Wan"?

Moreover, Yang Sichang has the deepest understanding of Lin Chunhong's maritime strength and is the first person in the court. Lin Chunhong makes waves at the sea, but Xiong Wencan has tolerated it to this day. Yang Sichang is sure that if Xiong Wencan and Lin Chunhong have no collusion, it will be unless the sow has climbed into a tree.

Based on this consideration, Yang Sichang was in power for the first time, and immediately drove Wang Jiazhen, the cowardly deposed military governor of the six provinces, and tried his best to instigate Zhu Youjian to appoint Xiong Wencan to take over. Yang Sichang's purpose was self-evident, and he wanted to use Xiong Wencan to ask Lin Chunhong to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Yang Sichang's strategy worked very well. In less than half a year, the Fifth Camp of the Gezuo in Southern Zhili was completely destroyed. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai from Henan were at the end of their journey, and only had one breath left. Li Zicheng, who was too close to Gao Yingxiang's name, had suffered consecutive defeats recently. He was defeated by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and led a large army to hide everywhere in the Qinling Mountains, and did not dare to emerge at all.

Yang Sichang had almost seen the dawn of victory, but at this critical moment, Lin Chunhong suddenly made a big fuss about the bandit suppression, which became a stumbling block in Yang Sichang's strategy of bandit suppression.
Chapter completed!